Does it annoy anyone else when people say NOT ONE good band exists today?

Hello there I believe the Beatles would do it again, the old fashion way. Play the clubs, state fairs and work their way up. I say that because I have heard various members of the group refer to the Beatles as a good little rock band.

That manner fit their personalities and how they thought of themselves. Would be sort of a shame if some slick marketing guy had them go the other route and deprive people of seeing them as they work their way up to fame. I always enjoyed listening to local bands and fairly unknown bands at small gigs and medium sized gigs.

I got a personal feel for the band and how good they could be. Many of those I heard while unknown, later became nationally recognized as I had expected. Never heard a band that I thought was not good enough to make it, actually get national recognition.

The process weeds out those with less talent. Weeds out some of the talented ones who for some reason does not survive the process. By contrast, I really have a hard time telling just how much talent someone has when their exposure is only by highly edited slickly produced videos.

I can appreciate the producer's talents and the editor's talents. But have a hard time appreciating the musician's talents that way. I am old school and appreciate and enjoyed the old school process.

Later Hello again There have always been the manufactured rock stars. That is not something new. Of course the Monkees were a prime example, but even then it was not new.

Record companies had been taking a pretty face and running him/her in front of a microphone since the 50s. There were lots of rock singers who never earned they way to success. It was manufactured for them.

One thing I noticed about those, was their fame was short lived. After the publicity blitz and a few records, no one ever thought about them again. On the other hand, you had the Neil Sedaka's and Carole King's who were in the background writing great songs for the manufactured stars to sing.

Things have a way of evening out. Neil and Carole both got their chances to record their own works and are fondly remembered. Who remembers some of the manufactured stars that recorded their earlier works.

I always thought the regard of other musicians towards rock stars meant a lot. The other musicians knew if that person had earned their way to fame. You could tell a lot by the respect some muscians were shown by their counterparts.

Take Jimi Hendrix for instance. Other musicians heaped praise on him in a show of respect when he became famous. In polls back then, other musicians would always vote him the best guitarist.

Sure he was talented, but everyone else knew he earned his way to the top the hard way. He came up through the Chitlin Circuit of the south. He really paid his dues.

So when after years of hard work, fame was heaped upon him, other musicians felt good about it. He deserved the praise and earned it the old fashion way. I don't know if there is anything like the Chitlin Circuit these days.

I hope not. I would like to think the working musicians have it better now than back in the 50s and 60s.

Collin, I just don't get the whole Justin Bieber thing. He really can't sing that well. He's not that good looking.

I find it hard to believe that no one else seems to notice that he uses his unusual hair style to hide an abnormal, almost alien like head. All that aside, there is nothing wrong with using the internet to promote one's music. Had it been an option in the 60's, I'm sure it would have been used then.

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